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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11473
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14529
13 Actual Demand 11189
14 Aggregate Planning 12126
15 Air Cargo 10052
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6633
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34835
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15322
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19186
20 Assembly Line 22319
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22944
22 Average Speed of Answer 26547
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23084
24 Batch Production 38307
25 Bill Discounting 14498
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11191
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7125
28 Blanket Release 9987
29 Bonded Warehouse 10046
30 Booking Number 13753
31 Bottleneck 9486
32 Buffer Stock 59164
33 Build to Stock 12917
34 Bullwhip Effect 9567
35 Business Logistics 25610
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12549
37 Capacity Management 40411
38 Capacity Utilization 14075
39 Capital Intensive 8386
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8708
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12104
42 Certified Supplier 8955
43 Channel Effectiveness 8910
44 Co-Destiny 9275
45 Co-managed Inventory 12457
46 Co-Packers 11748
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6844
48 Computer-Based Training 7676
49 Consular Invoice 19736
50 Container Depot 10589
51 Container Freight Station 10264
52 Continuous Replenishment 19452
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12056
54 Contract Carrier 7309
55 Contract of Affreightment 11395
56 Control Charts 7947
57 Cost Flow 10248
58 Courier Service 15204
59 CPFR 8198
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11773
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44089
62 Date Code 18189
63 Days of Supply 19805
64 Dead on Arrival 9221
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7290
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8083
67 Detective Control 8888
68 Devanning 14194
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10851
70 Dispatching 24453
71 Distributed Inventory 8340
72 Distribution Channel Management 34671
73 Distribution Metrics 9086
74 Distribution Planning 24172
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15188
76 Double Marginalization 52616
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22275
78 Dual 5430
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20580
80 Echelon Inventory 26170
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38237
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49646
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7598
84 Efficient Frontier 25434
85 Engineer-to-Order 31702
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16400
87 Erlang B Formula 9329
88 ETD 8314
89 Ex Works 7822
90 Exception Rate 13461
91 Exponential smoothing 9812
92 External Growth 10053
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9414
94 Field Services 7729
95 Field Warehouse 10385
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8737
97 Fishbone Diagram 14582
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26984
99 Flow Through Distribution 12288
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8157
101 FOB Destination 13000
102 Forward buying 30053
103 Freight Charge 10313
104 Freight Consolidation 7511
105 Gantt Chart 8275
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11710
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29551
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12659
109 Hub 23390
110 Idle Time 8053
 
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